Thanks A Bunch

After I bought this image, I thought I would never use it because it would be too big to put on a card. Although I think it turned out pretty good on this one. Just couldn't put on as many layers in the background as I usually do! It really needs a "Thanks A Bunch" sentiment, but it just wouldn't fit! (The card is 13cm x 13cm - if you're interested :)

Stamps: Thanks a Bunch (Crafters Companion), Sweet Treats (Verve)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Cardstock: Early Espresso, Whisper White (Stampin Up), Neenah Solar White

Papers: Olivia (Bo Bunny)

Accessories: Stampin up and Martha Stewart punches, Ranger liquid pearls

Vintage Friend

Hi there! This sketch is for Viva La Verve February Week 2. I wanted to do a vintage style, shabby chic card this week, which I don't do often, but do enjoy. I just look at other blogs and admire their shabby style and can never seem to get my cards to look any good compared to theirs! Nevertheless, I am pretty happy with this one! The dress is from a store in Brisbane, Australia (Photo Continental). I thought they'd be a good size for a card. Sorry, but the papers are old again, although I'm sure you could still find them in some stores. It's Capella by Basic Grey!

Stamps: Polka Dot Greetings (My favourite Things)

Ink: Early Espresso (Stampin Up), Old Paper (Tim Holtz), Chocolate Chip marker - for spritzing (Stampin Up)

Cardstock: Very Vanilla (Stampin Up)

Papers: Capella (Basic Grey)

Accessories: Prima Rose, Dress (Photo Continental), Stampin Up twine, buttons (unknown)

Robot Birthday

My son, Jack, is 2 in a couple of weeks! I can't believe how fast those two years have gone! So with him, and several of his friends turning 2 this year as well, I have started making the birthday cards for all of them! I love how this card turned out, so it may just end up being for Jack!

Stamps: Hot Rocketz (Stampendous)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Cardstock: Whisper White (Stampin Up), Neenah Solar White

Papers: Little Boy (Echo Park)

Accessories: Stacking Stars (My Favourite Things), Paper piercer, Websters Pages number 2

Plum Birthday

The colour on this card, Pale Plum, is a retired Stampin Up colour. And just like Sage Shadow, I never really liked it or used it much when it was available, but I love it now! It matches the copic markers I used perfectly! I'm not usually a fan of making cards with panels on them, but after the Viva La Verve Week 1 challenge this February, which had three panels on it, I decided to give it another go with this one! I love how it turned out! Thanks for looking :)

Stamps: Bloomin Beautiful (Stampin Up - retired), Big Wish (Verve)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Cardstock: Always artichoke, Pale Plum (retired) and Whisper White (Stampin Up), Neenah Solar White

Papers: N/A

Accessories: Ribbon (Celebrate), Stampin Up button and twine, Spellbinders square, Stampin Up oval punches, Ranger liquid pearls

Saffron Birthday

A friend of mine who's renovating a house, said she wanted to do the guest bedroom in the colours yellow, grey and white. So I was inspired to use those colours on this card! It was super quick and easy to make, and I'm sure it would look great in other colours too!

Stamps: Big Wish (Verve), Butterflies and Blossoms (Flourishes), Small Phrases (Verve)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Grey, So Saffron

Papers: N/A

Accessories: Spellbinders circle, Cuttlebug folder

Viva La Verve February Week 1!

I've had these Prima roses for so long now and just love the colour, but I've never used them! I was determined to put one on this card! The papers are My Minds Eye (Rosy), which I only have two sheets of, so I must buy the whole collection! This sketch is for Viva La Verve February Week 1.

Stamps: Yummy Treats (hero Arts)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Cardstock: Whisper White (Stampin Up)

Papers: Rosy (My Minds Eye)

Accessories: Spellbinders circle and scallop circles, Lace (my stash), Prima flower, ZVA flourish

Birthday Boy

Friends of mine have a 10 year old son, who I make birthday cards for every year. I don't have a lot of pre-teen birthday stamps for boys, and I think he's outgrown the monkeys, dinosaurs and other creatures I usually put on his cards, so I think I'll give him this one this year. I'm hoping it looks more mature??? My husband did make a keen observation though - he thinks the balloon colour is too close to his hair colour. After looking at the photograph I agree, but I hope it still looks okay?

Stamps: Balloon Trevor (C.C Designs)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Early Espresso (Stampin Up), Copics

Cardstock: Neenah Solar White, Whisper White, Bravo Burgundy, Marina Mist, Always Artichoke and Early Espresso (Stampin Up)

Papers: Neutrals Paper Stack (Stampin Up)

Accessories: Spellbinders scallop rectangles and circles, Stampin up oval punches, paper piercer

Baby Boy

I have a couple of friends who are expecting a baby in the coming months, and this is one of the cards I made for them - assuming they're having a boy! (I usually make a bot and girl version of each baby card I make anyway!). The sketch is for Mojo Monday 227. I made a few changes but I think I still kept pretty tru to the original sketch!

Stamps: To The Moon (Verve)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Blush Blossom, Copics

Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Grey, Marina Mist

Papers: Neutrals Paper Stack (Stampin Up)

Accessories: Paper doilie (my stash), ribbon (Celebrate), Ranger liquid pearls

Birthday Mouse

After colouring this mouse three times, I finally came up with this version, which I was happy with! I tried lots of colours, including a grey mouse, but decided to keep it relatively mono-tone because it looked much better with the papers! The multi-coloured one may pop up in a blog post down the track when I need a children's birthday card - it seemed to be more suited to that! Thanks for looking :)

Stamps: Mouse Carrying Cake (Tine Wenke)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Pink Pirouette (Stampin Up), Copics

Cardstock: Whisper White and Basic Black (Stampin Up), Neenah Solar White,

Papers: Blush (My Minds Eye)

Accessories: Spellbinders scallop squares, Stampin Up circle punches, Ranger liquid pearls

Birthday Wishes

I have had the Sunny Days stamp set from Verve for a few months now, but haven't used it. It's flowers are so cute and look great when stamped on patterned paper. It's a great way to co-ordinate a card if you don't have a lot of pre-made flowers.

Stamps: Big Wish (verve)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Pink Pirouette (Stampin Up)

Cardstock: Chocolate chip and Whisper White (Stampin Up)

Papers: Vanity Fair (My Minds Eye)

Accessories: Spellbinders circles and ovals, Button (unknown), Stampin Up twine

So Glad

I just love this Sarah Kay image. It's so sweet, and perfect for a friend card. After I coloured it I thought I'd do it again because I didn't like her grey hat, but after playing round with a few papers, and putting the grey cardstock into the card, I think it turned out great! Funny how that happens!

Stamps: How Sweet You Are (Mary kay)
Ink: Momento tuxedo black, Pink Pirouette (stampin Up), Copics
Cardstock: Basic Grey, Whisper White and Pink Pirouette (Stampin Up), Neenah Solar White
Papers: Blush (my Minds Eye)
Accessories: Prima flower, Martha Stewart border punch, Spellbinders ovals, Ranger liquid pearls

I Just Can't Thank You Enough

I'm still going through the Victoria Gardens paper pad and it definitly has to be one of my all time favourite collections. Such pretty colours! This sketch is for Viva La Verve week 3 and I liked that it had the embellishment on the right, seems how I always seem to put mine on the left! I must buy the Verve hearts die so I can try this sketch again and follow it exactly!

Stamps: Polka Dot Greetings (My Favourite Things)
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Pink Pirouette
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Grey (Stampin Up)
Papers: Accessories: Prima flower, Prima lace, martha stewart butterfly punch, Spellbinders label and oval dies, ranger liquid pearls

So Glad

Have you ever bought a paper pad or pack that you love so much you never want to use it? I have two - For the Record (Echo Park), and Portrait (Crate Paper). But as I see more and more lovely papers from so many companies that I love, I realise that it's gotta be out with the old and in with the new! So this card comes from the For the Record collection. Because of the bold backgroud pattern, I decided not to go overboard with the layers.  

Stamps: Polka Dot Greetings (My Favourite Things)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Cardstock: Whisper White (Stampin Up)

Papers: For the Record (Echo Park)

Accessories: Petaloo flower, Stampin Up twine, Kaisercraft pearls, Spellbinders label, button (unknown)

CAS Birthday

Hi there! This card is for Viva La Verve week 4. They've decided to do more CAS sketches (clean & simple), and I must say, 2 years ago, this would've been my forte, but now, I'm definitly a layers girl!!!! I found the flower in my stash and decided I'd branch out and try some colours I don't use often, but I really don't think this combo works! I actually found this card quite difficult, but I'm looking forward to the challenge of the CAS sketches each month!

Stamps: Yummy Treats (Hero Arts)
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock: Bravo Burgundy, Very vanilla and Kiwi Kiss (Stampin Up)
Papers:
Accessories: Prima flower, cuttlebug embossing folder, Martha stewart butterfly punch, EK Success border punch, Ranger liquid pearls

Birthday Ballerina's

 

This is my first attempt at colouring a LaLa Land stamp. My sister owns a ballet school so this had to be the first one I bought! I love how these turned out! The one on the left is slightly different. I made the brunette one first but felt it needed a bit more, so I did the blonde one and added the damask stamp behind it. I think I like it better like that. I also wanted to not use any patterened papers because I think I'll be making a lot of these in the future!

Stamps: Marci Ballerina, Big Wish (Verve)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Cardstock: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Pink Pirouette and Rose Red (Stampin Up), Neenah Solar White

Papers: N/A

Accessories: Ranger liquid pearls, Stampin Up oval punches, Spellbinders oval, doilie (my stash), Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Viva La Verve Week 2

This sketch is for Viva La Verve January Week 2. I still look at this card and feel I should've added something else, but here it is! The papers are all from Webster's Pages, Hollywood Vogue. I cut around the flowers on the film strip, and the pearls are half of a ZVA flourish. Thanks for looking :)

Stamps: Yummy Treats (Hero Arts)

Ink: Momento tuxedo Black

Cardstock: Whisper White (Stampin Up)

Papers: Hollywood Vogue (Webster's Pages)

Accessories:  ZVA flourish, Spellbinders oval and scallop oval, Prima flowers, Martha Stewart butterfly & scallop edge punch, Ranger liquid pearls

Love is Like a Butterfly

Hi there! When I saw this sketch (Mojo Monday 223), I knew I wanted to use the little butterfly on the Butterflys and Blossoms stamp set from Flourishes in the small circle. I coloured several in before I settled on using this pink/purple one. Just so happened that the best colour to match it was Pale Plum from Stampin Up (now retired). The only papers I could get to match it were Eva from Basic Grey - soooo old and long retired! But after that was decided, the card came together very easily. Thanks for looking!

Stamps: Butterflys and Blossoms (Flourishes)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Cardstock: Rose Red, Whisper White, Pale Plum, Basic Black and Old Olive (Stampin Up)

Papers: Eva (basic Grey)

Accessories: Kaisercraft pearl flourish, Ranger liquid pearls, Spellbinders Labels One, Stampin Up heart punch

My First Hedgehog!

This is my very first Penny Black hedgehog! So excited! I love Penny Black stamps, but I've never attempted a hedgehog before. I see all the other wonderful cards with hedgehogs on them on other blogs, but I don't think I'm quite up to their standard! But I hope this is the first of many, and I can only get better from here right? This sketch is for Viva La Verve January Week 1!

Simply Wonderful

Wow! Is January half over already! I can't believe how December just flew by! I have a renewed desire for making cards, after burning out a bit making so many Christmas cards! It's so great to be back to making whatever I like! I was able to purchase a few new supplies, including Spellbinders Fancy Tags 2, which I couldn't wait to use on this card! The base cardstock is Stampin Up's Sage Shadow, which is now discontinued. It was my last sheet so I bought some Bazzill that matched, which is the strip accross the middle - a pretty good match I think! I would've loved to do some machine stitching around the edges, but I'm just not up to that standard yet! I'll get there one day!!! (Sketch is Mojo Monday 222).

Stamps: Polka Dot Greetings (My Favourite Things)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Cardstock: Whisper White, Sage Shadow (Stampin Up), Bazzill

Papers: Breeze (My Minds Eye)

Accessories: Pearl Flourish (ZVA), Prima flower, Ellen Hutson doilie, Spellbinders Fancy Tags 2

Reindeer Christmas

Here's that reindeer card I was talking about in an earlier post. I made this for Christmas last year but had it left over. This was one of 3 designs I gave out but I actually did all of them in these colours.

Supplies

Stamps: Holiday lineup (Stampin Up)

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip, Naturals Ivory, and Kraft (Stampin Up)

Papers:  -

Accessories: Red striped grosgrain ribbon (Stampin Up), Stampin up twine, Stampin up circle and scallop circle punches 

Thinking About You



I just wanted to have a break from Christmas cards with this week 4 Viva La Verve sketch. I had this girl stamped and hadn't used her on a card previously and I thought she'd be a perfect match for these papers - yep, you guessed it, they're My Minds Eye! I only lightly watercoloured the image with Stampin Up ink pads and a blender pen. But I used a copic marker on her face. 

Supplies

Stamps: Betsy Bluebell (Penny Black)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Pink Pirouette (Stampin Up)

Cardstock: Rose Red, Very Vanilla & Whisper White (Stampin Up)

Papers: Blush (My Minds Eye)

Accessories: Ranger liquid pearls, doilie (local packaging warehouse), Martha Stewart butterfly punch, Crum Cake seam binding ribbon (Stampin up)

 

White Christmas

These two cards are probably my favourite Christmas cards I've ever made. I've had the stamp set with that santa face on it for ages, but have never found a good way to use it. I think this is perfect. I liked the card so much I had to try it again with the tree stamp! Didn't go overboard with the liquid pearls this time ;) This is also for Viva La Verve Week 3 sketch. Thanks for looking!

Supplies

Stamps: Snow Swirled (Stampin Up), Holiday Sentiments (Inkadinkado)
Ink: Early Espresso (Stampin Up)
Papers: Figgy Pudding (Basic Grey)
Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Whisper White and Cherry Cobbler (Stampin Up)
Accessories: Doilie (local packaging warehouse), Whisper White taffeta ribbon (Stampin Up), Spellbinders circle, Stampin up oval punches, Ranger liquid pearls

Elf Christmas

Last year, I did Christmas cards with the reindeer stamp in this set, (which I will post later to show you), but decided to try the elf one. I love Baja Breeze, especially on Christmas cards so glad I could use a bit here! The papers are old, from Basic Grey's Figgy Pudding! This is for Viva La Verve's Week 2 sketch.

Supplies

Stamps: Holiday Lineup (Stampin Up0

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, and Baja Breeze, Cherry Cobbler and Always Artichoke (Stampin Up) 

Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler and Baja Breeze (Stampin Up)

Papers: Figgy Pudding (Basic Grey)

Accessories: Spellbinders petite scallop circle and circle, Ranger liquid pearls, Whisper White taffeta ribbon (Stampin Up), Oval and scallop oval punches (Stampin Up)

First Christmas Card Of The Year

Hi there! What a crazy last two weeks. Leading up to Christmas there just doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day! My cards have been pretty low on the priority list unfortunately :( But I have managed to rush the 4 Viva La Verve sketches in the last couple of days. I thought it would be a good opportunity to get a start on my Christmas cards. This is for week 1. I used the My Minds Eye Christmas collection. Probably my favorite Christmas line ever! I just love the non-traditional colours!

Supplies

Stamps: Merry Christmas (Inkadinkado)

Cardstock: Kraft and Cherry Cobbler (Stampin Up)

Papers: My Minds Eye

Ink: Momento Momento Tuxedo Black, Old Paper (Tim Holtz)

Accessories: Jillibean Soup Twine





Birthday Wishes

Yes, another attempt at hand stitching. I know I should be using thinner thread, but this is all I had! And I actually quite like the chunky look on this card. The butterfly and around the sentiment  are sponged with Old Paper ink, but the sentiment is stamped with Crumb Cake ink.


Supplies

Stamps: Sincere Salutations (Stampin Up)
Cardstock: Kraft and Vanilla (Stampin Up)
Papers:  Devonshire (Kaisercraft)
Ink: Crumb cake (Stampin Up)
Accessories: Prima flower, Basic Grey button, Vanilla ribbon (Stampin Up), Prima lace, We are Memory Keepers thread